Wednesday, February 13, 2013

DEHUMANIZED are back with “Controlled Elite”
and they are stronger than ever. Don´t miss this masterpiece of brutal death
metal and read this small talk for details!

“Controlled Elite” appears 14 years after your
first and only album “Prophecies Foretold”. Do you really think you can spark
the flame again?

Sure why
not “Prophecies Foretold” endured this long and all I heard from people up
until we released “Controlled Elite” was when was DEHUMANIZED coming out with
something new.

The story of DEHUMANIZED seems to be a story of
ups and downs, of breaks and new starts. Please unravel the knot and bring some
light in the dark!

Just some
issues within the band.Nothing heart
wrenching.Some of us had some shit to
sort out.

And now, tell me about the new album!

“
Controlled Elite “ is a collection of old and new songs we had right before we
split the 1st and 2nd times.We just
tightened ´em up and made a few changes for today’s taste and We went in and
recorded them right away. We are extremely happy with the decision to go to
Full Force Recordings as well.Joe
Cincotta was the obvious choice.

You have got a song from your ‘98 debut on it.
Is this something like a link to the past?

No not really we just feel the older songs
would sound sicker with better production. So we did it more for ourselves than
anything.

3 songs are from the ’05 demo, and it would
have been a shame to let them go unnoticed, right?

Yes indeed
and that’s why we put them on the album!!!

Tell me about the parts from Mullen and Hobbs
on the album!

Terrance
Hobbs did a sick lead for us on “Root of Evil “and Frank Mullen did guest
vocals on “Controlled Elite “.I´ve
always wanted to have guest on an album and what better guests to have then the
hometown heroes of Suffocation!!!

I think the album title could be ambiguous.
Since when can the elite be controlled?

Haha those
are the thoughts of my vocalist.He puts
a lot into in his lyrics and the “ elite “ can definitely be controlled , just
look at today’s politics.Those people
in power agendas are not their own.There is a higher power calling the shots in the background.They just need a face to hide behind.

I think the thing with including a hidden track
is outdated. But I´m sure that’s not your point of view, right?

It’s only
outdated if you feel that way.We did it
to give our listeners that much more of their moneys worth.Don’t be surprised if you don’t find another
one on the next album, hahaha.

The album throughout travel familiar terrain.
Are the changes in the musical landscape of the last decade not of your
concern?

Our only
concern is our music, we weren’t writing songs to match the current soundwe wrote music in our style and sound and
what pleased us.If it isn’t broken why
try and fix it I believe that is the correct saying

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You have released it in a digital version too.
Is this a concession to modern times?

Well yes
there are those purist who like cds but there are the new breed that only do
digital download.

It seems Comatose Music believes in you. What
has Steve Green seen in you?

He sees a
band with an underground following that has lasted over 14 years and was
willing to take a chance and release our 2nd album.Steve was so pumped when I sent him the album
and his involvement in the album also showed us Comatose was the label for
us.Steve Green is a straight up
guy.

Will 2013 be the year for you; the year ’98
should have been? Are you coming back with full power now?

Full Steam
ahead!!! We want to play until we can’t play anymore!!!We are going to keep as busy as we can in the
scene.We have another album to do for
Comatose so it won’t just be 2013.

Do you think sometimes about where DEHUMANIZED
could be today if the band had kept going through all these years?

Definitely,
all the time and that’s why I’m at it again.When I played for Skinless and Mortician, I always envisioned
Dehumanized in those opportunities.

What persuades a musician actually to stand up again
and again?

The love of
music, the desire to go out and play and make everyone go nuts.That’s what drives me.I can’t speak for everyone else.

Do you understand DEHUMANIZED as a typical New
York band? Or does that not exist, the typical New York band?

When
comparing to what? What’s typical?We
are just a “New York “band can’t say there is anything typical about any of the
NY bands.

How much of the original spirit is left
actually? And new musicians bring along changes and new ideas, right?

The
original spirit has never died, it has just grown stronger over the years and
yes everyone brings something new to the table in their own way whether it be
towards the sound of the band or the vocals.It’s great this time aroundI’m
loving this current lineup.

Do you think the genre of brutal and technical
death metal has still a lot to offer?

Oh definitely there is no limit to what can be
done, once you think you have heardthe
heaviest music someone comes out andputs out something even heavier. Look at Malignancy their tech death is
the best I’ve heard out there and bands are pushing the envelope every
year.It’s great.

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